Vesko Kountchev is a musician.

Early life

Vesko Kountchev (Веско Кунчев) was born in Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

. Son of Valentin Kountchev (Валентин Кунчев) artist, musician member of Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and mother Vitka Ignatova Boeva (proektant).
Vesko starts at 5 years old playing violin, under Professor Alexander Serafimov guidance. At 10 years old he assist to the L. Pipkov National Music School Sofia.http://www.nationalmusicschool.hit.bg/main.htm In this period he studies classical music as well as rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 and contemporary music. Vesko becomes member of the alternative group Disident influenced by Voivod

Voivod (band)

Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s...

,
Slayer

Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...

, Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...

, mr.Bungle, Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...

, playing drums and viola.

Early years and ÑU

In 1993 he went to Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 to continue his study in the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid http://www.educa.madrid.org/web/csm.realconservatorio.madrid/ Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. During this time he was invited by José Carlos Molina http://www.josecarlosmolina.es/ to become member of ÑU

Nu

Nu or NU may refer to:* Nu , a letter in the Greek alphabet: lowercase ν, uppercase Ν* Nu , the Japanese characters ぬ and ヌ* Nu , the male form of the Egyptian goddess Naunet...

 an important progressive rock groupn based in Madrid between 1995 to 1999.

Projects and bands

As part of his Madrid staying, Vesko participates in various projects, recordings and concerts since 1993 to 2007 with bands like: Samarluna (fusion) Rosana

Rosana

Rosana Arbelo , is a Spanish singer and composer.She was born on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, where she was raised. She was the youngest of a family of eight children. She began composing music after moving to Madrid in the early 1980s...

 (pop), Angel Moreno Cuarteto (flamenco

Flamenco

Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 fusion), Pedro Sanz http://www.pedro-sanz.com/(flamenco),Labanda (Spanish progressive rock) Inma Serrano

Inma Serrano

Inma Serrano is a Spanish singer-songwriter. Serrano was born in Alicante, Spain, in 1968.She has lived in Alicante, Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid. In 2003, she created the record label "Cerebro Demente Records"...

, Atmarama Dasa (spiritual music), Macaco

Macaco

Macaco can refer to:*Macaco - a martial arts technique used in capoeira*Macaco - a musical band.*A comics character and periodical created by K-Hito *The Portuguese variant of the pejorative epithet, Macaca...

 - Rumbo Submarino (alternative world music), Undrop (alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

, reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

), Dhira (Latin, hip hop, alternative), Orchestre International du Vetex http://www.oidv.net/(balcan Latin beat), L.E.Flaco http://www.myspace.com/leflacolaespecie (hip-hop), Cows in Love (spiritual funk alternative), Barxino http://www.myspace.com/barxino(Latin electronic beat), Cefalu http://www.myspace.com/zefalu(alternative Arab indie) etc.

From 2001 Amparo Sánchez invites Vesko to become member of Amparanoia

Amparanoia

Amparanoia is the pseudonym of Spanish singer/guitarist Amparo Sánchez combining her first name with the word 'paranoia'. It was also the name of the band she fronted from 1996 to 2006. Debut album, El Poder de Machín, has been described as being "bright, exuberant.....

, playing the viola

Viola

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

 and composing besides Amparo and the other group members, since the album "Somos Viento", "Enchilao" and "La Vida te da".

Cosmic Order

Cosmic Order (abbreviated as C0) is an international band, formed in Madrid, Malasaña in 2008 by Vesko Kountchev, the only official member of the band. As a producer, singer, composer and instrumentalist. The Cosmic Order is a new project electro acoustic, experimental music with hints of Balkan folklore mixed with metal, a new style called (Balk Metal) based on the roots and classical instruments, viola, cello and bass . In brief first album will be released on Cosmic Order.

Studio records

• Amparo Sanchez “Tucson Habana” – 2010
• Amparanoia, “Seguire Caminando” – 2008
• Undrop,“Party“ 2008
• Cows in Love,http://www.cowsinlove.com/ “Terminal Goloca“ 2007
• Orchestre Internacional du Vetex, “Flamoek Fantasy“ 2007
• L.E.Flaco, “La Especie“ 2006
• Barxino,“Barcelona Mondo Beat Nacion Electrolatina“ 2006
• Cefalu, 2006
• Atmarama, "Divine Service"
• Atmarama Dasa, “Sri Sri Radha Govinda Chandra“
• Gio Connections "Gio Connections" 2006
• Dhira,"Dhira Sound System" 2005
• RadioChango "Añejo Reserva vol.I" 2005
• Putumayo Presents, "Latin Lounge" 2005
• El Misterio del Gusano, "El Misterio del Gusano" 2004
• Zoo Barbero, "At Limitum" 2003
• La Bongo, "Festival"
• Per Palestina, "Recopilatorio" 2003
• Lebaniegos,"Jandalo" 2003
• Ñu, “Requiem” 2002
• Ñu, "Esperando" 2002
• Macaco
  Macaco
  Macaco can refer to:*Macaco - a martial arts technique used in capoeira*Macaco - a musical band.*A comics character and periodical created by K-Hito *The Portuguese variant of the pejorative epithet, Macaca...
  
  , “Rumbo Submarino” 2002
• Undrop http://www.myspace.com/undrop, “Uprooted” 2001
• No Hay Dos Sin Tres, “No hay dos sin tres” 2001
• Ñu, “Colección” 2001
• Pedro Sanz, “Yunque, Martillo y Estribo” 2000
• Ñu, “Cuatro Gatos” 1999
• Ñu,"La Danza de las Mil Tierras"
• Undrop, “Boomerang” 1999
• Atmarama Dasa, "Sri Siksastakam" 1999
• Namaste, by Rafa de Guillermo 1999
• Angel Moreno Cuarteto, "Trilogia" 1999
• Inma Serrano, "Rosas de Papel" 1998
• Ñu, "La Noche del Juglar" Grabado en directo 6 de Marzo de 1998
• Ñu, “La Taberna Encantada” 1997
• Angel Moreno Cuarteto, "La Torre Del Tiempo" 1998
• Angel Moreno Cuarteto, "Estrella del Alba" 1996
• Toni the Chamber, "Alien" 1996
• Jusus de la Vega, "Vejos Tiempos" 1996
• Monolith, "Ballads" 1994

Albums with Amparanoia

• Amparanoia, “Seguiré Caminando” 2 CDS + 1 DVD, 25 marzo 2008
• Amparanoia, “La Vida Te Da” 2006
• Amparanoia, “Rebeldía Con Alegría” 2004
• Amparanoia, “Enchilao” 2003
• Amparanoia, “Somos Viento” 2002

Singles

• Barxino,“Barxino”– 2006
• Amparanoia,“Dolor Dolor, Alerta, Trabajar” – 2003
• Amparanoia,“Dolor Dolor” – 2003
• Amparanoia,“Si Fuera” – 2003
• Amparanoia,“Ella Baila Bembe” – 2002
• Amparanoia,“Mar Estrecho” – 2002
• Amparanoia,“Somos Viento” – 2002
• Amparanoia,“La Fiesta” – 2002
• No Hay Dos Sin Tres,“Locura” – 2001
• Undrop, “Uprooted Promo single” – 2000
• Undrop, “Mineffield Radio Version” – 2000

External links

• Vesko Kountchev Official My Space
• Vesko Kountchev Official Photography Web Site